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U.S. v. JONES

No. 10-1259.

132 S.Ct. 945 (2012)

181 L.Ed.2d 911

UNITED STATES, Petitioner v. Antoine JONES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 23, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Dreeben, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Stephen C. Leckar, for Respondent.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for United States.

Walter Dellinger, Jonathan D. Hacker, Micah W.J. Smith, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC, Stephen C. Leckar, Counsel of Record, Shainis & Peltzman, Chartered, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General, Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, Ann O'Connell, Assistant to the Solicitor General, J. Campbell Barker, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for United States.

Justice SCALIA delivered the opinion of the Court.

We decide whether the attachment of a Global-Positioning-System (GPS) tracking device to an individual's vehicle, and subsequent use of that device to monitor the vehicle's movements on public streets, constitutes a search or seizure within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.

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In 2004 respondent Antoine Jones, owner and operator of a nightclub in the...

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